... but theyfacilitate healing of LS lesions over time by decre asing the amount of inflamm ation [5 ,33 -35 ]. However, they can increase fibrosis and scarring, ultimately worseningvalvular damage and ... erythematosus.Lancet 1990, 33 5:1541-4.16. Takayama T, Teramura M, Sakai H, Tamaki S, Okabayashi T, Kawashima T,Yamamoto T, Horie M, Suzuki T, Asai T: Perforated mitral valve aneurysmassociated ... history and the echocardio-graphic appearance of the tumor the initial workingdiagnosis was papillary fibroelastoma. Laboratory find-ings are shown in Table 1. The patient was diagnosedwith...